The California Teachers Association donated $1 million to fight a proposed constitutional amendment that would bar gay marriages."For us, it's a civil rights issue," said the association's President David Sanchez. "We don't believe people should be treated differently."
By "us," Sanchez must mean the union's hierarchy because it couldn't possibly have taken that stand on behalf of the CTA's primary constituency -- its members.
Forget the right or wrong of Prop. 8. Sanchez et. al. just made it more difficult for teachers to negotiate with dozens if not hundreds of conservative school boards statewide come contract time. Many of those boards govern districts where teachers are least supported and most underpaid.
Good for the union. Bad for the members. Classic.
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